Ron RoweSilver Age Redux
June 11th 2008 13:17
The Silver Age Redux
Is it just me, or does it seem like the current roster of writers over at DC Comics are intent on bringing back the Silver Age to the Superman comics? Supergirl, Krypto the Superdog, Turtle Boy… all wisely retired in the John Byrne revolution of the 1980s but snuck back into cannon by writers thinking as fanboys instead of as writers.
If we’re going to do this, why not go all the way? Here are my picks for the five worst silver age characters or concepts to bring back:
5) Vartox. Remember Vartox - Superman’s buddy from a distant planet who had every power imaginable & dressed like a 1970’s gay porn star? The chest hair waiving in the breeze, the yellow go-go boots, the open vest with pointy shoulder-pads – This guy is the embodiment of the Silver Age.
4) Streaky the Supercat – Superman had his dog, so Supergirl needed a pet. Have her dad send one in a test rocket? Nope, been done. How ‘bout we soup up a regular cat with anti-kryptonite? Yeah, that’s much better.
3) The indestructible super-suit made from Superman’s baby blankets, which inexplicably also become super-strong under the rays of a yellow sun. Ma Kent must have had some seamstress to take three unbreakable baby blankets and turn them into a skin-tight suit. How did she attach the ‘S’ shield? Super-glue?
2) Lana Lang, Insect Queen. Oh, wait, they did this one already. Ugh.
1) Comet the Superhorse. Sometimes he’s a horse with superpowers, sometimes he’s a dreamy teen boy with the hots for Supergirl. No, seriously. Oh, sometimes he was a minotaur, which is a kind of half-dreamy-teen-boy, half horse creature from mythology. So bad he made Ace the Bathound & Streaky the Supercat seem cool by comparison.
Is it just me, or does it seem like the current roster of writers over at DC Comics are intent on bringing back the Silver Age to the Superman comics? Supergirl, Krypto the Superdog, Turtle Boy… all wisely retired in the John Byrne revolution of the 1980s but snuck back into cannon by writers thinking as fanboys instead of as writers.
If we’re going to do this, why not go all the way? Here are my picks for the five worst silver age characters or concepts to bring back:
5) Vartox. Remember Vartox - Superman’s buddy from a distant planet who had every power imaginable & dressed like a 1970’s gay porn star? The chest hair waiving in the breeze, the yellow go-go boots, the open vest with pointy shoulder-pads – This guy is the embodiment of the Silver Age.
4) Streaky the Supercat – Superman had his dog, so Supergirl needed a pet. Have her dad send one in a test rocket? Nope, been done. How ‘bout we soup up a regular cat with anti-kryptonite? Yeah, that’s much better.
3) The indestructible super-suit made from Superman’s baby blankets, which inexplicably also become super-strong under the rays of a yellow sun. Ma Kent must have had some seamstress to take three unbreakable baby blankets and turn them into a skin-tight suit. How did she attach the ‘S’ shield? Super-glue?
2) Lana Lang, Insect Queen. Oh, wait, they did this one already. Ugh.
1) Comet the Superhorse. Sometimes he’s a horse with superpowers, sometimes he’s a dreamy teen boy with the hots for Supergirl. No, seriously. Oh, sometimes he was a minotaur, which is a kind of half-dreamy-teen-boy, half horse creature from mythology. So bad he made Ace the Bathound & Streaky the Supercat seem cool by comparison.
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